Having been informed that the security situation and openess to visitors can be a little suspect in the villages surrounding San Cristobal, I booked on a tour. First up, was Zinacantan, and a indigenous house where one women was weaving away and our guide expained how their clothes, traditionally with limited colours due to the natural dyes available and later with more colours from synthetics, were made. They also showed as the traditional way of making tortillas (much the same as you see in town) and the local drink alcholic drink Posh (normally forbided for outsiders to drink, but with money exceptions always seem to be made to traditions). However I was more interested in the politics and situations amongst the different cultures, so after an explanation of all the above I relentlessly quizzed the guide
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